Reading Time: 3 minutes UK: Serviced apartment agency SilverDoor hosted its fifth annual Partner Engagement Day at its new London offices in Chiswick last week.
Reading Time: 2 minutes Worldwide: Travel and expense management company SAP Concur has released the sixth edition of its Global Business Travel survey.
Reading Time: < 1 minute SAN editor Eloise Hanson speaks to Mark Lewis, CEO of HotelREZ, about distribution strategies, capturing business travel, and importance of smart phones, AI and personalisation in the guest journey. They also talk about sci-fi books, Abba Voyage, and opening an animal sanctuary.
Reading Time: 2 minutes UK: Business travel management platform TravelPerk has closed an additional $104 million funding led by SoftBank Vision Fund 2.
Reading Time: 2 minutes Worldwide: Hospitality company Hilton has released the findings of its latest 2024 travel trends report, which reveals four key themes including changing business travel behaviour.
Reading Time: 2 minutes UK: Serviced apartment provider SilverDoor held its latest Partner Engagement Day this week in London, which explored the topics most influencing buying behaviour and booking habits.
Reading Time: 3 minutes Caroline Whitson, group head of marketing at SilverDoor Apartments, comments on how to strike the right balance between technology and human insight when managing travel programmes.
Reading Time: < 1 minute UK: Flexible living brand Gravity Co has partnered with the NHS to house overseas staff coming to work in the UK.
Reading Time: 3 minutes UK: Global corporate lodging platform AltoVita has extended its accommodation network from one million units to seven million units.
Reading Time: 2 minutes EU: Aparthotel operator Staycity has reported a return to pre-pandemic levels of corporate business and is responding to the demand with the introduction of a new room type.
Reading Time: < 1 minute US: Extended stay hotel brand LivAway Suites has expanded in Arizona, breaking ground on its fourth site in Tucson.
Reading Time: 2 minutes UK: Furniture and fit-out company David Phillips Furniture Limited has filed a notice of intent (NOI) to appoint administrators.
Reading Time: 2 minutes EMEA: Investor-operator Frasers Hospitality has appointed Darryl Walker as commercial director EMEA, a newly created position in the team.
Reading Time: < 1 minute Worldwide: Serviced apartment agent Synergy Global Housing has introduced the CarbonSMART tool to provide emissions reporting for its managed properties and supplier network.
Reading Time: < 1 minute Italy: Milan‑based proptech company Spacest.com has acquired the domain name, logo, and brand of TheHomeLike.com, formerly owned by German proptech Homelike, as part of its accelerated expansion across Europe.
Reading Time: < 1 minute UK: Family-owned business Sweeney Group has opened its second aparthotel in Aviemore.
Reading Time: 2 minutes Australia: Skye Suites Sydney, a five-star serviced-apartment property in Sydney’s CBD, has been sold to Furama Hotels International in what has been reported as the city’s largest hotel sale so far this year.
Reading Time: < 1 minute Ireland: Developer Dalespell Limited has received consent to increase the number of rooms and additional retail space for its aparthotel project on O’Connell Street in Limerick.
Reading Time: < 1 minute Spain: The four-star Punta Calera Aparthotel has opened in the coastal town of Los Alcázares.
Reading Time: < 1 minute Germany: Aparthotel operator Adagio has opened its 12th property in Germany, located in Stuttgart, as part of the brand’s strategy to expand within the DACH region (Germany, Austria, Switzerland).